Once upon a time there was a bug called Norton....
Sunday, July 17, 2005 by Jafo | Discussion: Windows Software
Some programs can be a pain in the butt to use/retain....others also a pain to remove...and yet others are a pain once they're gone.
Norton doesn't screw around....they make one suit all.
Once I couldn't convince NAV2004 to actually SCAN ANYTHING [timely just days after updating its subscription], I decided it was time to move on....you know, actually get a proggy that worked.
I uninstalled Norton...using it's special removal tool and all...made a neat job of it....
or...
So I thought.
A week or two later...Microsoft Update didn't do its thing....
Me thunked...'hmmm...life's a bitch, etc....but it'll sort itself...probably'...
Alack and alas, no.
Google came to the rescue .... GIGO was adopted..... and days later I got a salient 'hit'.
Windows/MS Update uses a service called 'BITS'...and guess what?....the Norton Uninstaller disables BITS....
Dunno....probably just for a lark
.....and you cannot re-enable it, either......seems the appropriate solution is to re-install Service Pack 2, as that fixes it.....
Well....I haven't done that yet....reinstalled SP2.....probably because that Norton thingie will spit a dummy and reformat my motherboard out of spite.
Once upon a time, Norton Utilities was a handy proggy.....back when 486s were the bees' knees.
These days you could save yourself a lot of time and effort and just auto-lobotomize.....
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Reply #62 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 5:33 PM
| Nope...not if you want the Auto-updating to work |
ahhh..that may be true....i never ever use auto-updating...
Reply #63 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 5:40 PM
I've been using Norton for years, without incident. Hearing all these horror stories, though, makes me wonder if I should change. Or from the sounds of it, maybe I'd better not try to uninstall it.
I will say one thing in its defense. I have been trying out AVG, and twice now Norton has picked up on viruses that AVG has missed. (half a dozen of one?)
Reply #64 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 5:45 PM
geyster ...no, if it's working for you you'll be fine. [It works for a lot of people].
As for AVG [what I use...amongst others], Norton is pretty good at getting false-positives....and they are likely what's not being detected by AVG....the latter seems more intelligent...
Reply #67 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 8:03 PM
Norton auto updater never works... unless you set a logon password, then tell norton in Scheduled Tasks that's what you've done... Best just nuke it from orbit, 'tis the only way to be sure...
...then install AVG
Reply #68 Wednesday, November 30, 2005 7:18 AM
| Is it politically correct to be Anti-Symantec? |
| Best just nuke it from orbit, 'tis the only way to be sure... |
Reply #69 Thursday, December 1, 2005 5:47 AM
| Newest genius strike by Symantec : Many people can't get mails with outlook or outlook express after the last live update of Internet Security 2005. Well, now mail is damn secure. |
Does anyone have a solution to this problem or is it a complete re-install again!
Reply #70 Thursday, December 1, 2005 6:13 AM
Now I just use McAfee, best antivirus/firewall I've had so far.
Reply #71 Thursday, December 1, 2005 11:52 AM
Reply #72 Thursday, December 1, 2005 1:37 PM
Hmm, Sygate... http://www.symantec.com/press/2005/n051010c.html
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Reply #75 Saturday, May 20, 2006 2:01 PM
| Best just nuke it from orbit, 'tis the only way to be sure... |
Aaargh!
Jan 1st, 2006: Got new VAIO FS780 laptop. Came w/TEMP Norton AV (90 days:()
Now May 20. Reformatted 4X
McAfee works on my desktop like a well-oiled machine
along with AdAware/AdWatch
despite being homebuilt and three years old with many upgrades
Will probably go with McAfee just because it works. Spendy, tho.
Reply #76 Saturday, July 1, 2006 3:33 AM
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Reply #78 Saturday, July 1, 2006 10:10 AM
| me thinks MS purposely issues bug fixes that break norton |
Symantec does NOT need help in being broken. It is supremely competent in that regard.
I still have 7 or 8 months of license going free to the first idiot that wants it....
Reply #79 Saturday, July 1, 2006 11:04 AM
(I tried to ask in the Top 10 AV thread, but it wouldn't update.)
I have a few months on my Norton subscription left too...up for grabs!
Thanks.
Reply #80 Saturday, July 1, 2006 11:44 AM
Adamness ...pretty good....had some BSOD's initially...due to conflicting antispyware proggies...but was able to irc-direct with a tech to help sort it....real life person...real time...
Only wee bug [probably Litestep] is the tray icon disappears after an update....[proggy is still active tho].
Looks like only 3 or 4 processes running...
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Reply #61 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 5:22 PM
Nope...not if you want the Auto-updating to work...
Any method of manual updating...with a fubarred Norton will fail/did fail...